Joop pushes for more tourism promotion<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications
\nJoop Ave called on related parties yesterday to improve
\npromotional activities for Indonesia's tourist industry, which
\nthe country is counting on as a major foreign exchange earner.<\/p>\n
"Promotion is not just the responsibility of one particular
\nparty but of the whole nation," he told reporters after
\ndelivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the four-day
\nTourism Indonesia Mart and Expo (TIME) at the Jakarta Convention
\nCenter.<\/p>\n
The government has targeted the tourism sector as the main
\nforeign exchange earner by the end of the Seventh Five Year
\nDevelopment Plan period in 2004, when the tourist industry in the
\nAsia-Pacific region is expected to be booming.<\/p>\n
Joop said yesterday that campaigning in the industry is still
\nvery weak. He said this is due, primarily, to the very limited
\nfunds available.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board reported this week that
\nit has received only Rp 5.92 billion (US$2.6 million), or nine
\npercent, of the total funds collected by the government from the
\ndevelopment tax imposed on hotels and restaurants in 10
\nprovinces.<\/p>\n
A travel and tourism editor of the Economist Intelligence
\nUnit, Sue Mather, told a conference held in conjunction with the
\nTIME that, by 2005, Indonesia will receive some 11 million
\nvisitors per annum, about three times the current level and
\nrepresenting annual growth of 10 percent.<\/p>\n
TIME, which was officially opened by Jakarta Governor Soerjadi
\nSoedirdja yesterday, is being participated in by 190 buyers from
\n32 countries and 359 sellers from 177 companies.<\/p>\n
The four-day event includes an exhibition and a seminar. (icn)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/joop-pushes-for-more-tourism-promotion-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }